Outdoor Run workout split alerts in km instead of miles in WatchOS 11

Since updating my watch to WatchOS 11 this week it has started giving me pace alerts every km whereas before it was providing them every mile, which is what I want.


On my phone in the Watch app I've gone to "Settings > Workout > Units Of Measure > Walking and Running Workouts" and it is still set to "Miles".


On the watch in "Workout > Outdoor Run > Preferences > Splits" it's set to 1km with no apparent way to change the units.


Additionally, during my running workout it now displays the distance on-screen in km when what I want is miles.


I've done all the shut down/restart nonsense to no effect. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?


Apple Watch Series 8

Posted on Sep 21, 2024 01:49 AM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2024 06:29 AM

I also had this annoying problem but I have managed to fix it 😅:

On your phone, in Watch/workouts/units of measure/walking and running, change the units to Km

Start a walk on the watch then stop it (will be in Km)

Go back to the Watch app and change the units back to Miles.

Start another walk on the watch and this time it should be Imperial ( was on mine 🙂)

Hope this helps!

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Sep 25, 2024 06:29 AM in response to stevemc81

I also had this annoying problem but I have managed to fix it 😅:

On your phone, in Watch/workouts/units of measure/walking and running, change the units to Km

Start a walk on the watch then stop it (will be in Km)

Go back to the Watch app and change the units back to Miles.

Start another walk on the watch and this time it should be Imperial ( was on mine 🙂)

Hope this helps!

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Outdoor Run workout split alerts in km instead of miles in WatchOS 11

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